DETERMINE IMPORTANCE

What's the big idea?

So what?

Good readers look for things that help them identify big ideas and why they are important.

Look at the text features for clues:

• Titles and headings
• Bold print
• Pictures and captions
• Graphs and charts
• Chapter objectives and questions

Tips:

• The big idea is...
• Most important information is...
• So far I've learned...
• This idea is similar to...

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